Here's how to have that golden week where the ratio of productivity to hours worked is in your favour.
Director of Discovery Finance Group, Joshua Vecchio has written over $250m, using techniques and tips being shared on his website Top Broker.
It’s often said that proper preparation prevents poor performance. This is true on so many levels. But is there really such a thing as an ideal week? I’d consider the ideal week to be increasing productivity by working less hours, which means more time spent on the things I love. I believe that there are five key points to a week of perfection!
Plan Ahead
Simply yet effective, planning ahead can give you that edge. No different to a pilot navigating their journey prior to departure, which will see them achieve a well-designed destination. Planning the week ahead on a Sunday evening prior to work is useful. Not only does it navigate towards a larger goal, but allows you to priorities activities. Which means your time will be spent efficiently. It will also allow you to look at ways to reduce time wastage such as bundling appointments at a certain point in the day or week.
Remove all distractions
Email is the mother of all distractions, followed closely by incoming phone calls. You’d be surprised how much more you can achieve in a solid two hour uninterrupted working blocks than you might in a full eight hour working day filled with distractions. It’s vital to remove all distractions whilst working, small changes to your working habits will produce huge results in productivity. Such as checking your emails three times a day and not picking up incoming phone calls when they ring rather calling back at specific times in the day.
Theme days
Mondays and Wednesdays might be set aside for prospecting and referral partner catch ups. Tuesdays and Thursdays might be customer appointments, while Friday might be set aside for continuous improvement. Having a theme allows you to focus on a specific areas of your business.
Commit
Absolutely commit to an ideal week, the true test is to see if you can continue on this crusade for a month, a quarter, half a year, a year, two years etc. One hundred percent all in toward the cause, which will deliver the outcomes you desire.
Work on paper
It’s so easy on Monday morning to be stressed out, with too much to achieve in not enough time. The key to success, time and stress management is to think on paper.
This article originally appeared on Top Broker, a growing online space where tips and strategies are shared by Australia's top mortgage brokers.A week of perfection!
It’s often said that proper preparation prevents poor performance. This is true on so many levels. But is there really such a thing as an ideal week? I’d consider the ideal week to be increasing productivity by working less hours, which means more time spent on the things I love. I believe that there are five key points to a week of perfection!
Plan Ahead
Simply yet effective, planning ahead can give you that edge. No different to a pilot navigating their journey prior to departure, which will see them achieve a well-designed destination. Planning the week ahead on a Sunday evening prior to work is useful. Not only does it navigate towards a larger goal, but allows you to priorities activities. Which means your time will be spent efficiently. It will also allow you to look at ways to reduce time wastage such as bundling appointments at a certain point in the day or week.
Remove all distractions
Email is the mother of all distractions, followed closely by incoming phone calls. You’d be surprised how much more you can achieve in a solid two hour uninterrupted working blocks than you might in a full eight hour working day filled with distractions. It’s vital to remove all distractions whilst working, small changes to your working habits will produce huge results in productivity. Such as checking your emails three times a day and not picking up incoming phone calls when they ring rather calling back at specific times in the day.
Theme days
Mondays and Wednesdays might be set aside for prospecting and referral partner catch ups. Tuesdays and Thursdays might be customer appointments, while Friday might be set aside for continuous improvement. Having a theme allows you to focus on a specific areas of your business.
Commit
Absolutely commit to an ideal week, the true test is to see if you can continue on this crusade for a month, a quarter, half a year, a year, two years etc. One hundred percent all in toward the cause, which will deliver the outcomes you desire.
Work on paper
It’s so easy on Monday morning to be stressed out, with too much to achieve in not enough time. The key to success, time and stress management is to think on paper.
- Write on a blank piece of paper everything you need to get done and I mean everything, including tasks outside work.
- Prioritise your lists from highest to lowest.
- Select the three most important tasks that will have the highest impact.
- With your three highest priority tasks, allocated the exact amount of time you will devote to complete the task and begin at once with your highest priority.
- Remove all distractions. Once you begin the task, divert all distractions. The easiest way to do this is to close notifications on your email, put your phone on silent and turn off all other stimulus including the TV and music (unless its Mozart as has been proven to increase focus and brain power).
- Reflect. Take note of how long it took you to complete the task, understand why you completed it quicker or slower than expected. Look for better and more efficient ways of doing it next time.
This article originally appeared on Top Broker, a growing online space where tips and strategies are shared by Australia's top mortgage brokers.A week of perfection!
